Garment-hook.



L. K. ENGLB. GARMENT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17,1913.

1,1 16,046 Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

WITNESSES f QINVENTOR ATTORNEYS "GARMENEHOQK.

' Specification of' iiet'ter'si atentf Patented s, 1914.

Application filed September 17, 1913. Serial No. 790,301, I a p 1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LILLIAN K. ENGLE, a citizenof the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Garment-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved gar ment fastener which may be detachably secured to the fabric of the garment without the use of stitches.

It further consists of such a fastener provided with means for preventing lateral movement thereof, and in which the strain upon the same serves to more firmly secure it.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail one mechanical form embodying the invention, such detail construction being but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a blank from which the fastener is formed. Fig. 2 represents an edge-view of the fastener. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the fastener placed in a piece of fabric. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of a blank for a slightly different form of fastener. Fig. 5 represents an edge-view of such fastener. Fig. 6 represents a plan view of this fastener placed in a piece of fabric.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings: The hook is preferably formed from a single piece of material which is suitably bent in order to form the necessary parts.

1 designates the body portion, extending forwardly from which is the engaging member or hook 2 formed of the strips 3 and 4 suitably bent to form the said engaging member, and the lower strip 3 being bent to form the hump 5.

6 designates the pointed prong which is integral with the body portion 1 at the rear thereof and is bent downwardly and forwardly to lie beneath said engaging member, but in a different plane therefrom. The said pointed prong is approximately the same length as the said engaging member, where by suitable engagement of the material at a point adjacent the engaging portion proper of the member 2 throughout its extent will be provided. v

' Extending inwardly toward each other from the ends of the'body portion 1 are the pointedhooks' 7 which it will be noted extend laterally and are adapted to be inserted through the fabric on opposite sides of the fastener after the pointed prong has been inserted into the garment, wherebythe strain uponthe hook will tend todraw the prong in the fabric, and the lateral hooks will secure the membersflat t0 thefabric and prevent all lateralrocking or sliding of the members. i

In the construction seen in Figs. 4, 5 and I 6, Ihave shown asimilar construction to that already described, excepting that the pointed prong 8 in this construction is cut from the material forming the lower member 3 of the engaging member 2, and is bent as at 9 downwardly and then forwardlyin order to lie beneath the said engaging member 2, but in a different plane therefrom. I In this construction the humps 10 are formed on each side of the pointed prong 8, the effect of all of which is the same as that previously described. By having the pointed prong directlybeneath and in line with the hook or engaging hook portion, the fabric will be located between said parts and will be held or clamped between the same, whereby the fastener will rest flat against the surface of the fabric and will not draw or distort thesame, and the strain upon the hook will be longitudinal of the fastening prong.

By the use of my fastener, sewing of hooks upon garments will be avoided-and a broken hook may be easily replaced.

While the fastener has been referred to as a garment fastener, it is evident that it may be applied to fastening any fabric.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed for the mode herein explainedJ Change may therefore be made as regards the mechanism thus disclosed, provided the principles of construction set forth, respectively, in the following claim are employed. p

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A garment fastener comprising a bodyportion, an engaging portion extending from said body-portion and doubled backward to engagement is in line with the prong and the form a hook, inwardly pointing hooks prostrain upon the hook will be longitudinal of jecting laterally from the body-portion, and the fastening prong.

a prong extending from said body-portion LILLIAN K. ENGLE. directly beneath and in line with said engag- Witnesses:

ing hook portion and of substantially the WM. LEDER,

8211116 length as the latter, whereby the hook G. D. MCVAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

